Germany’s second-largest lender DZ Bank secures retail crypto trading MiCA license

Germany’s DZ Bank revealed it received regulatory approval from BaFin under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework, enabling it to offer meinKrypto, a digital asset trading platform targeted at retail clients through the cooperative banking system. The announcement follows a broader trend in Germany, where traditional financial institutions are entering the crypto space under the MiCA regime. DekaBank, another cooperative group player, debuted crypto trading and custodial services ...